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Children today all took part in KSS's 'restart a heart' day.  The children learnt how to do bystander CPR and use a defibrillator ahead of the emergency services arriving to an emergency as we learnt this can more than double someone’s chance of survival.  

We are excited to announce that this year we will be offering Forest School sessions at Barton. Each term, two year groups will participate, starting this term with Year 4 and Year 6 on Monday, starting next week (9th September).  Forest School provides children with the time and space to develop resilience, independence, and curiosity. Our main goal is to engage children with the natural environment while ensuring they have fun. Since Forest School is an all-year, all-weather activity, it is essential that children are dressed appropriately. Please can you ensure your child has a waterproof jacket, tracksuit bottoms, a t-shirt, and a jumper/hoody that can get muddy, along with old trainers or wellington boots. If this poses any difficulties to you, please let us know, and we will do our best to assist.  

Any parent of children joining Barton in September are welcome to come meet some of our staff. We will be on hand for you to talk to about any worries or concerns you may have, as well as to help you complete the admission forms (which need to be returned by 21st June). Also available to purchase at the session will be preloved jumpers and cardigans for only £3.00 each. If you can't make the meeting tomorrow, please do join us on Thursday 20th June from 2:00-3:00pm.  

Year 6 children took part in a trampoline exercise class as part of their extended PE curriculum. This activity taught the children that exercise can come in many different fun ways. All the children had big smiles on their (very red!) faces after the activity. A fantastic afternoon!  

Our Year 3 children went to Living Land at Kent Showground for a day of fun and learning centered around food, farming and the countryside. Activities included learning about machinery, seeing and touching live farm animals, watching milking demonstrations, trying local produce and much more.    They all had a fantastic time!

Our Head Boy, Head Girl, their Deputies and our School Council had an amazing day on Tuesday. The children had a tour of The Houses of Parliament, where they were able to go into the House of Lords and watch a debate in the House of Commons. Then to finish the day, they participated in a workshop making decisions as a democracy and learning about the Suffragettes. They represented our school really well and had exceptional behaviour.    

Year 4 visited Fort Burgoyne as part of their exploration of things to do in Dover. They will link this with their trip to Dover Castle in order to write a travel blog to attract more visitors to our town!

Year 5 went to Betteshanger Park to take part in an orienteering challenge. This linked in really well to the children's Geography unit of work but was also a great way of linking their learning withe PE. The children had a fantastic time using their map skills and learning a new, fun way of keeping active!  

Our Barton mini cadets spent the session today cleaning up our local community by going on a litter-picking session. They started with the area around the school and found a surprising amount of litter - including a broken umbrella!

The children at Barton had a wonderful start to Term 5 with a visit from Graffiti Classics the Comedy String Quartet who performed their Playground Proms! The children learnt about the fun side of classical music and had the most amazing time singing and clapping alongside them. They had learnt a song to sing alongside them, and created their own verse about the importance of looking after Planet Earth. BBC Radio Kent recorded sections of our visit from Graffiti Classic's String Quartet for a segment on their morning radio show. The clip can be heard here at around 2hours and 26 minutes: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0hlrjns Thank you to our brave students and class teacher who were interviewed, as you can hear in the clip, we all had a wonderful time!  

Our Year Threes visited Dover Museum today. They took part in an Anglo Saxon workshop, explored clothing and artefacts and even got to be creative with clay! We can't wait to hear about all the things you have learnt in your assembly to parents today. The children were respectful and a great representation of our school. Well done Year 3! For more photos, please take a look at our Facebook page: Facebook  

As part of our wider curriculum, we try to encourage children to have an active lifestyle and want to promote having fun while being active and exercising. Every year group takes part in an alternative sport or fitness activity to help them discover fun ways of keeping healthy.  Year 4's activity was the Boonies assault course at Betteshanger. The children had to use teamwork to support each other to get through the course, as well as a range of flexibility, movement and muscle strength to finish some tough aspects of the course. They all thoroughly enjoyed themselves too! For more photos, please see our Facebook account : Facebook

Barton dresses Red-To-Toe for Comic Relief! We managed to raise £76.50. Thank you to all who donated.

Happy World Book Day everyone! We have had the best day exploring our favourite books. This year, in class, we have concentrated on poetry and we have had such a range of poems explored, written and performed. From slam poetry to raps and description poetry. Here are some of the activities that Barton have been completing this week..   For more photographs from our exciting week, please visit: Facebook        

Children in our upper school took part in a netball competition against White Cliffs Primary School today. Although the result wasn't in our favour, the children showed excellent teamwork. They encouraged each other well and played brilliantly. We look forwards to a rematch!

Children in Year 5 took part in Astor Secondary School's Spring Dance Show today. Together with students from Astor's Sixth Form, they choreographed a dance which they then performed on stage to parents, alongside children from other local primary schools. They all had a wonderful time and their behaviour was impeccable. Well done to all our brave dancers!  

Children in Year 6 visited Dover Museum and took part in workshops exploring the Stone and Bronze Age. They explored artefacts and listened well to historians at the Museum. They even recreated their own version of a Bronze Age boat from clay. They represented our school well, thank you Year 6!

Our Police Mini Cadets have started at Barton.  This is a 9 week programme run by PCSO Mark Ball.  During the meetings, the cadets are involved in discussions about codes of conduct, teamwork and mutual respect. The PCSOs teach the children about codes of conduct, uniform standards as well as imparting important advice on keeping safe online. The cadets work together in a variety of activities to make a difference to our local community as well as supporting students within our school.  

Year 5 have already learnt so much about their new history topic of the Ancient Mayans. They have taken part in part activities, food tasting and a virtual drama workshop from One Day Creative workshops. They set sail to Mesoamerica and learnt about the ancient Mayan civilisation, culture, gods and the importance of the cocoa bean. Using their knowledge they even made their own hot chocolate from cocoa beans.. yummy!  

Year 4 took part in a whole day immersive drama workshop to introduce their new topic of 'Ancient Greece'. They were able to role-play, dress up in Greek clothing, learn about trades and traditions as well as explore Greek art.   The children all had a fantastic time and learnt a lot about already with thanks to Living History Workshops.     For more photographs, please take a look at our Facebook: Facebook

Thursday 29th Februrary, Early Help workers from Buckland and Whitfield Children's Centre will be joining us for a coffee morning at 9:00am. This will take place at Shatterlocks Infant and Nursery School and all parents from Barton and Shatterlocks are invited. They will go through techniques and strategies designed to support families at home, and will be able to sign post parents to where they can access further support if you are concerned or would like help. Teas, coffees, biscuits and cakes will be available. No advance booking required!  

The children took part in a pirate-themed Number Day this year, completing lots of maths activities throughout the day in order to find their missing treasure! Everyone had a great time raising money for the NSPCC. 

Multi-cultural Arts Week is over for another year. The children have all learnt so much from around the world. The children presented what they had learnt (including some dances and songs) to the rest of the school. It was brilliant to see what everyone had learnt and hear the beautiful songs in our Friday assembly!